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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
New Design iuI Postage Stamps.

a dispatch from Washington
saws: The new designs for postal
stamps have been approved by the
Postm aster.G General. These include
a one.cent adhesive stamp and
new designs throughout for the
different denominations of stamped
envelopes. The head of Franklin
has been retained on the one'cent
stamp, but thu portrait is better
than that in present use. The le-
gend "United States postage
stamp" fills the oval aDout the head,
while at the base the words "one'
cent" with the numeral l to ex'
press the denomination, are brought
ont with unusual distinctness. On
the stamped envelopes the designs
are those of one, two, four and hve
cents, respectively. The ones bear
the vignette of Franklin; twos'
Washington the tours, Jackson,
and the fives, Grant. Garhelds
head has adorned the latter for
several years, but it was recently
decided by Col. Villas to substitute
Grant, who had not been thus pre-
viously honOred.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
Shot Down in His Cal.
THE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF
AN EXPRESS MESSENGER WITH
A THIEF.

FRANKFORT, N. Y, March 81
Express Messenger Leake, who
was robbed between Clark's Mllls
and Frankfort last night, reached
here about midnight. The doctors
proued for the ball, but we're una
BILE to locate it. He stated to a re-
porter that soon after his train LETT
Clark's Mills a man entered his car
through the side door, which he
showed back, saying as he entered,
"Throw up your hands, Leake
did not realize tor a moment what
was up, and failed TO comply with
the demand. The intruder there
upon leyeled his revolver at the
messenger and shot him. Leake
fell to the floor of the car, and his
assailant said:
"Now, d you, when / tell you
to hold up your hands again you'll
do it, won't you y
The assassin then proceeded to
bind the hands and feet OF Leake
and put a gag in his mouth. One
of his legs the robber tied to the
safe. The desperate then took a
bunch of keys from the pocket OF
the messenger and unlocked the
safe, which he rlfled of its money
packages. The amount secured is
believed to be between 800 and
$500. The robber left the car at
the Delaware, Lacawanna and
Western Railroad crossing. Be
fore leaving the car the robber said
to Leake:
CD you, if you say anything
about this Pll come back and xii
yOu."
The messenger replied: "for
wouldn't rob a man and then xii
him too, would your"
eyes, would" said the robber
as he left. Leake tried to fre'
himself, but did not succeed.
At Utica his car was opened
and he was freeded from his un
comfortable position. At thl
place it was decided that he ha'
better stop over and have hi
wounds attended to. The messeu
ger said his assailant was a large
strong man, wearing a mask tha
hung down over his chest. Ill
hair was cut very short at the Dac
and his hands were calloused, har
, and dirty.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
Sweet YaSsar GITIS."

THEY WANT TO WEAR THE REGU-
LATION DRESS, CAP, AND GOWN.
NEW YORK, March 30.-There
is a GOODNESS between the under
graduates of Vassar Collage and
the faculty over q matter Of dress.
The girls want to wear the regula.
ton dress, cap, and gown, and the
faculty won't sanction their dong
so. When committee OF young
ladies waited upon President Tay-
lor, who has been in Office only a
year, and requested him to urge
upon the faculty the adoption Of
the cap and gown, he it is report
ed, cited passages of Scripture in
answer to the petition, to point out
what awful things happen to peo-
pie whose pride conquers them.-
Then the girls got mad at what
they regarded as slap at their
vanity, and for several weeks pas
the lveliest sort of agitation of the
question has been going on. Ths
girls seem determined to have tbei
own way, and reporter was as
sured by a leader in the movement
yesterday, that it will not be lonI
before all but the class of '8g vii
be attired in the mortar.board an,
gown.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
FRANCES AND DEATH.

"There is no excuse for any one
being buried alive" said DIR. W. A.
Hammond. A Herald reporter
had called on him in reference to
the burial alive of Miss Stickney,
of indianapolis, who was taken out
of a vault and found to be in a
trance state, and did not die until
several weeks after her funeral
"No.' he continued, "there is no
excuse for it. The tests of death
have been brought down to such a
point that any competent physi'
clan would have no difficulty in
accurately determining whether or
not death had taken place" "Does
decompositiOm always set in after
death 2" "Invariably, provided the
body is not frozen. OF course, you
can freeze it and keep 1t for years
before it will decOmpose just as
fish are kept frozen on the market.
The salmon that you eat now were
caught last spring, and have been
kent frozen ever since. They are
Just as good" "Do you imagine
that there is any foundation to the
belief of lany that people are some
times buried alive? 2" ooh | have
no doubt OF 1t. l have known OF
its being done, but it is not by any
means of frequent occurrence-not
nearly so frequent as many people
may imagine. The physician is
entirely to blame when it does oc-
cur. The fact that bodies have been
found turned over in the cofiins lead
people to believe that they were
buried alive. But that's not So
/ 1t is probably the work of the gases
coming from the body. Pent up
/ in a coffin they become very power
/ ful, and it is almost singular that
they do not move bodies around
more than they do" "Then you
don't take any stock in stories Of
men who come to life under the
ground, of their terrible struggles
to get free, and their horrible death
at last ~ "That's all bosh. Poe
wrote of graveyards trembling with
the struggles of the buried alive
That's all bosh, too. When people
are buried alive, as they certainly
have been, they never wake up tC
know it. When in a trance STATE
their vitality must he so weak thai
when they begin to regain con
sciousness and to attempt t
breathe they die of suffocatlon i'm
mediately and never know thai
they came to life again. Buried
tor dead, they practically are dead.
~. Y. Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08

A couple of rascals are swlndling
the farmers of Greene county, Pa,
in an ingenious manner. Ihey
read the local newspapers carefully,
and when a farmer publishes an
estray notice No. 1 calls to look at
the animal. The farmer shows the
beast, and the fellow decides it is
not his; then he returns to MS
mariner and describes it minutely
to him. No. . goes to the farmer,
aud after proving by a thorough
description that he is the owner OF
the animal says he cannot take 1t
away, and offers to sell it at a
bargain. The farmer buys it, and
in a few days the rightfHI owner
comes and claims the animal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
DEAR HUSBAND, COME HOME !

rAllered wifely missive to Granger mem
Der of the Illinois legislature
Husband. dear husband. come home to me
now
From Springfield, so cozy and warm;
'Tis lonely without you; why do you not
come
And see to the things on the farm :
You told me when you were elected last
fall
If | would but once let YOU 90
You surely would come e'er the winter was
gone;
Husband, dear husband, come home to Inc
now,
Pm shifting the odor of spring;
You've staid long enough in the capitoi
there
You're much safer under my wing.
The old horse is paving the stable ike
mad,
The colts in terrible stew;
The small brindle heifer has got white
calf,
And the cattle are bawllng for you.
Husband, dear husband, come home to me
now,
I'd like TO observe what you're at:
When will you get through with Your bills
and resolves,
And speeches by this one and that
Your mileage is paid by the longest way
round,
But take the shortest cut when you
come.
Your speeches are fine tweedle-dee, but
some way
They don't hide your tweedle-dee-dum.
The voice of your Betsy is calling you,
dear
It's nearly the time to make soaps
And some of the women are saying, my
love,
Pm giving you most too much rope.
They say there is desperate flirting up
there
With widows and maids not a few.
| haven't been kissed since the morning
you left,
But, Joseph, how is it with you !
Come home Come home
You hear me, you rascal Come home
TChicdgo Herald
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
Murdered and cremated His Wife.
SHOCKING CRIME OF AN ALABAMA
NEGRO.

NEGRO.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, April l.
Particulars of a horrible crime have
INST come to light. Last Tuesday
morning Tarleton Steele, colored,
murdered his wife near Ada, in this
county. He took the body and ear.
RED it off to a lonely place in the
woods, mile from home, threw it
in a gully, piled straw on it, then
poured kerosene oil on the heap.
set fire to it, and left the body TO
be cremated. The gentleman on
whose place he was living missed
the woman, but said nothing about
it, and the murderer remained on
the place a day and night after the
crime was committed. wednesday
he went back to the woods ana
found that the body had not been
entirely burned up. He piled straw
on the remains, but, having nc
match to start tue fire again, he
fed. Suspicion had been aroused
and neighbors searched the woods
and found the remaining portions
of the body. The murderer was
captured 10 miles distant at sun
down, and brought to this city and
lodged in Jail. he made a fnll con
fesson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08

A Missouri farmer. driving home
at night from st. Louis, dropped
n coat and a bag of oats from his
wagon without knowing it. His
dog knew it though, and lying
down by them watched them for
three days, despite all efforts To
coax or drive him away. AT the
end of that time the farmer came
hack. He said that he had been
wondering what had become OF his
coat, bag, and dog, and hearing OF
a dog acting strangely on the road,
came to see II 1t was his
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
Iron and Coal in Virginia.
National Republican. !

National Republican.
The first iron ever mined in
America was dug from the soil Of
Virginia, and the first smelling
works were erected in 1919
on Falling creek, a tributary of the
James river, in Chesterfield coun-
ty, about seven miles below Man
chester. In 1922 an attack was
made on the settlement by band
of savages, and of those engaged
at the iron works all but two were
slain.
1t was nearly one hundred years
before the attempt was again made
to mine and manufacture iron in
Virginia, when in 1714 Lieut.-GOv.
Spotswood established smelling
furnace on the Rappabannock river,
near the present site of Frederichs-
burg, and an air furnace fifteen
miles distant, near his settlement,
Germania. Several other furnaces
and forges were in successful opera
ton before the Revolution.
In 1893 Thomas Jefferson CON-
menced the manufacture of cut
nails at Monticello, and in l796 bis
daily output of nails was eighty
pounds. The Virginia Assembly
offered every possible encourage
ment to the erection of mills and
forges.
The first authentic notice of the
discovery of coal in America was
made by Colouel William Byrd
May 10, 17O1, when he reported
that coal Was found at Manacon, a
town where the refugee Huguenots
were settled, on the James river,
about twenty miles above Rich
mond. Colonel Byrd took out a
patent for 344 acress Of land on
which this coal was situated. This
deposit was known as the Dover
coal mines, and was worked as late
as 1870. George Washington, in
1870, speaks in bis journal OF coal
on the "Youghany." In 1889 Goa
was exported from Richmond to
Philadelphia, and in 1871 was solt
IN Richmond at retail at about thu
same price it brings to-day.
Slavery and politics killed TN
industries of Virginia to great ex
tent other States passed her oil
the highway to wealth while th
brightest minds of the Old dc
I
minion were constituting the res
olutions of '9S and 80 to the e1
clusion of all other INDUSTRIES
But since slavery died the Goa
) and iron interests are once NOR
growing, and there is promise OF
e..
great future for the State irol
these minerals. Yet as the hr'
smelling forge was destroyed
1920 by savages, to the great II
iury of the State, the people
Virginia should be on their guar
az to the ones now so rapidly adj
ing to the wealth of the countr'
for there is another band OF sa'
ages trying to destroy their man
iron and coal Industries. Ih
o hand is not armed, as were the l
dians in 1922, but they will III
!, stroy none the less ruthlessly II n
checked. These savages OF lo'
!, are called free.traders, and th'
= will set Virginia back a century
i. growth, as did the Indians in lO2
should they succeed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
Excitement I'm Texas.

Great excitement has been caus-
ed in the vicinity of Paris, Texas,
by the remarkable recovery of Mr..
j. Il. Corley, who was so helpless
he could not turn in bed, or raise
his head everybody said he was
dying of Consumption. A trial
bottle Of DIR. Kings New Discovery
was sent him. Finding relief, he
he brought large bottle and a box
of DR.. Kings New Life Pills; by
the time ne had taken two boxes
Of the Discovery, he was well and
had gained in flesh tbirty'six
pounds.
Trial Bottle of this Great Discoy'
cry for Consumption free at b
SchmitVs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
An Alexandria Widows Luck.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND HUN
DREDs OF GOLD WATCHES IN A
SAFE.

OF DOLLARS AND HUN
DREDs OF GOLD WATCHES IN A
SAFE.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-The
commissioners appointed by the
Equity Court of Alexandria, Nar
to examine into the affairs OF an
old ieweler of that city, recently
deceased, made a startling discoy-
ery to-day while searching the dead
mans house for his personal effects.
The house that he occupied along
with his wife was a rattle.trap sort
of a place, in q rather prominent
part of the city. In searching the
party came across an old iron safe,
and in it were found 100000 and
over 800 gold watches, OF all ages
and designs. The widow was as
much surprised at the discovery rs
the commissioners. She stated,
however, that her husband had
told her that he had money, but
the amount she never knew. The
commissioners took possession o'
the money and jewelry, and notl'
fed the court of their discovery
When the matter became known
to the public general surprise was
felt, as everyone looked upon the
old man as being very poor. Later
it was found ont that he owned
considerable real estate. The wid
ow OF the old wiser will be fixed
splendidly for the balance OF hel
life. The affair ls the talk OF the
| town.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08

Hiram Bowman, Of Winchester,
Ohio. thought that his woodplle
was diminishing too fast. SO he
took five sticks of wood, bored
holes in them, loaded each with a
big charge of powder, aad plugged
the holes tightly. Then he re-
placed them on the woodpile, locked
the wood shed, and awaited de-
velopments. They came. As the
family OF Cary Peters, a colored
neighbor of Mr. Bowman, was
eating breakfast tremendous ex-
plosion took place. A large cook
ing stove in the kitchen was blown
to atoms, and pots, skillets, and
stove lids flew in every direction =
Lizzie. the eight-year.old child OF
Peters, was struck by piece OF
the stove and knocked down and
received a terrible cash across heI
forehead. The carpet took fire
from the stove, but was extinguiSh
ed before any serious damage was
done. Peters threatens TO sue MIR
Bowman for $4,000 damages.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08

George Brown, who lives mp east
of the Catholic church, was read.
ing a mad dog story over at Nick
O'Bricn's grocery the other morn
ing. He thereupon proceeded to
disgorge this lurid tale: Once,
when he lived in Ohio, he
observed his valuable bird dog
acting strangely. Securing the dog
by a stont chain toa Young tree,
he waited to see what would come
of it. In less than two hours the
dog was raying mad. He flew Mt
the young tree and bit 1t furionsly
in dozen places. The dog soon
died. In about three weeks the
tree went mad. Its limbs waved
and tbrashed about, all the bark
fell of, and the tree died in horrl-
BILE agonies.-GeneSee (H.) Nsrs-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
A HIat.

Mrs. Fortuneseeker had been
hintiilg to Judge b., who is old ana
rich. that her daughter would make
him a good and loving wife,
"s he is very much in love with
you, judge" said the lady, SuggeS'
lively.
az am sorry, but I cannot recIpro'
cate the affection of a young lazy
who sho ws such bad TASTE" replleu
the old Judge, reaching for his hat
and can e.-ShOe and Leather ne
porter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
CInCUnSTkRTIAL EVIDENCE.


every link in chain OF circum'
stantial evidence there is always a
doubt, a lack of certainty, that
should weaken 1t and cause US to
distrust 1t. | remember story
my grandfather used TO tell of a
case in which an innocent life was
sacrificed for q guilty person. A
boy on a farm, for some misde'
meanor, was sentenced by his ia.
ther, a stern man, with an eye to
saving a halt price ticket, to be de-
prived of his annual circus priv
ilege, aud, in addition, he was to
hoe 30 many rows ofcorn while the
rest OF the family took in the lads
pad act. the horseback riding, Jack
Robinson, the club that killed Cap
taih Cook and other attractions of
the great moral show. Tue boy
watched the wagon drive away,
tears in his eyes, aud then he went
at his corn rows with a determine.
to make short crop, if it could
be worked without detection. But
he grew hungry after awhile and
went into the house and investlgat-
ed the pantry. There were seven
pies-it was an American household
seven blackberry pies, baked for
Sunday. The boy who was not feel
ing very we'll himself soon placed
his person anterior to six of the
pies, but paused thoushtfully, and
with keen regret midway on the
seventh. One.balf of that he left.
He then caught the family cat,
thrust her nose and her feet into
the remains Of the pie, and drop
ned her on the clean, white, sanGed
floor of the pantry that she might
track around on it; then he went
back to his corn rows. Evening
brought the family back home.-
The boy saw them climb joyously
ont of the big wagon. He noted
how the over.ripe apples fell from
the trees when his sister jumped
over the side and lighted fiat.footed
on the ground. He saw his father
| let himself down over the dOublt
trees and get himself kicked twice
| by the roam colt. He saw biz
mother waiting patiently unit
somebody had time and inclination
to take the baby. He saw biz
grandmother perch herself on thu
hub of the bind wheel on one foot
while she made vague, circumferen
tial. wandering excursions for tn
wide. wide world with the other
He saw his brothers let themselve
, down oyer the tail gate and sneal
. away to avoid doing any work. A
, last the wagon was empty, an
t there we're visible signs of excite
, ment about the house. "The raj
is discovered said the boy, cui
f ting the roots of a healthy stalk G
| corn and carefully billing mp viz
orous lance weed. Presently b
saw his father come out of th
q. house with the gun over his shou
Y der and the cat under his arm.-
3 "The cnlprit is arrested" calml
!. remarked the young robber, as b
leaned thoughtfully upon his no
4 and watched his father disappei
7 behind the barn. The sharp repo
v of the gun rang out upon the qui
n of the sunset hour. "There," sa
?. the boy, with the confident EXPIRE
sion of one who knows what he
talking about, "there goes anOth
victim to circumstantial evidence
-Burdette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
TAR. B. F. MAPHIS & BRO.
ts.-

OTYIcEs: Woodstock and ssumsville, virginia.
In woodstock, ist and 80 weeks OF each month,
In ,auusvillo I'd and Attn weeks
Those IN need Of hrst class Dentistry a. tmoder-
ate prices will do well q call.
Fall sets OF Artificial teeth from s7.0Oto $500,
500 and 5000.
Pure gold filings from g. 2j 20 5000, Silver
Sllings from 75c 70 $500.
ArtihciAl teeth put up on solid gold Gold and
elleloid Com Animation, Celleloid and Rubber plates
Gold sod Porcelain riyotng clasps, &C., Special
ttention gwen 70 hlling and preserving the ma
ural teeth, and correcting the irregularities.
All work warranted frst class.
fET Teeth xtracted absolutely without pain by
he sse Of Nitrous oxide Gas
Nav In ATT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
IIaxYaL,s Definition Of Law.

Danville pa Intelligoneer'
~What is law 2" echoed a proml-
nent legal light this morning, IN
answer to question by SCRIBE
"Law is large castle, with one
great room full of rat holes, and
the lawyers are all the time busy
trying to find the hole
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08

WHAT'S the matter with your eye,
Sammy? o, its only been gong
through an operation at the hands
of a knockulist, that's all.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08

"Hello, Mike, | hear you're on a
strike.r $50 | am. | struck ior
fewer hours "Did you succeedT
"Indeed | dld. Pm not working
at all now"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
KlRKlAG CLASSES AIIInrIos! A. I. L. Il!

nared 10 furnish all classes with employ
ment at home, the whole Of the time, or
for their spare mements. Business new,
light and profitable. Persons Of either
sex easily earn from 80 cents TO s0.OO pei
evening, and a proportional sum by de-
voting all their time to the business. Boys
and girls earn nearly as much as men.
that all who see this may send their sd-
dress. and test the business, We make
this offer. To such as are not well
satisfied we will send one dollar to pay
for the trouble of writing Full partlc-
MARS and ontft free. Address GEORGE
STlNsoN a. Co., Portland, Maine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08

"That remainsto be seem is what
the Young lady remarked when she
left something on the plate "lor
manners.r
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
French and Plain Candies !
GROCERIES! !
PATENTS

obtained for new inventions, or for im-
proyements in old ones, Caveats Ilfrlnge
ments, Trade Marks and all patent busi
ness promptly attended TO.
INVENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
REJECTED may still, in most cases, DO
patented by MS. Being opposite the L. b.
Patent once and, engaged in Patent
business exclusively, We can secure pat
ents in less time than those who are. re
mote from Washington.
When inventors send model or sketch
we make search in the Patent Office, and
advise as to its patentabhlty, Tree OF
charge. Correspondence confidential {;
fees reasonable, and no charge unless
patent is obtained.
We refer by permission to the Cit!
Postmaster, aud to the superintendent oi
the Post Ohicc Money Order Division IN
Washington. For special references,
circular, advice, terms, &c., address
Z. A. SNOW & CO.,
sOpposite Paent Office Washington, d. {
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08

one who can store away the pork
and potatoes you can is good for
seventy.6ve years vet. Pm going
down to the club tonight. Ill stop
and tell your mother to run over,
though it's all nonsense. All that
ails YOU is too much grease on your
nancakesr-DetrOh Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08
Where The 0thsT one Was.

Child at WashlngtOn-WhO are
all those men lOunging around out
side the Capitol?
Parent-They are United States
senators, my child.
"Ars there any more senators
besides themi"
"Only one"
"Where is he ~
ale is inside. mailing a speech.
Omaha World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-08

Conceit is to nature what paint
is to beauty it is not only need
less, but impairs what it would i'm
prove.